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    CEM Lore SECO vi \ ro A = | OFTICIAL GAME ACCESSORY The Emirates of YlanuamM Dae a iCeae) _ Cs asoeet li I Pe heme en are Cree a ae 1. Guard Posts 2. Guand Reinforcements 3. MINION Dwellings 4. UNDERGROUND River 5. Barimoor’s Citadel _ Scale ONE INCH eo ‘An Official DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® Game Supplement The Emirates of Ylanuam by Ken Rolston Table of Contents History of the Emirates of Ylaruam ‘The History: The Local Version The History: As the Dungeonmaster and the Immortals Know Ie DM's Historical Synopsis ‘The Lands and Ecology of the Emirates Peoples of the Emirates of Ylaruam Economics of the Emirates Society in the Emirates ......+++ ‘AL-Kalim and the Eternal Truth The Way of Al-Kalim Social Structure Government and Politics [Law and Custom Important Legal and Moral Concepts Pull-out Section ‘What Everyone Knows About the Emirates Creating Ylati Characters Procedures Dervishes Courtesy Tips for Foreigners in The Emirates Glossary ‘The Village of Kirkuk ‘Staging Tips for Presenting Kirkuk Scenario Ideas Campaigning in Ylaruam .... Setting up a Ylaruam Campaign Monsters, Men, and Marvelous Beings ‘Treasure Hunting in the Emirates Tales for Ylari Adventures Credits: Design: Ken Rolston Baiting: Anne Gray McCready Produet Manager: Bruce Heard Cover Artist: Clyde Caldwell Interior Artist: Doug Chaffe Graphic Design: Dennis Kauth, Colleen O'Malley, David C. Sutherland IIL Cartography: Dennis Kauth, David C, Sutherland ‘Typography: Marilyn Favaro, Kim Lindau £1987 TSR, Inc ll Rights Reserved. Printed in USA TSR ine POB 736 lake Geneva, ISBN 0.88038.392-5 wis? DUNGEONS & DRAGONS and D&D ate rpincred tadematks owned by TSR. ne PRODUCTS OF YOUR tradematks owned by TSR, Ine Distributed to the book trade i dhe United States by Random House, Inc. and ia Canada by Random House of Canada, Led Diatibed to che toy and hobby trade by regional divsibuten, Distbuted in the United Kingdom by TSR UK Lid |AGINATION and the TSR logo ste ‘This module ie protected under the copyright laws ofthe United Sates of Ameria. Any epreduction of other unauthorized we ofthe wetten material or artwork here sprohbied without the express wttten permision of TSR, Ine TSR UK Led ‘The Mil, Rathore Road Cambridge CBLAAD United Kingdom INtRoOduCTION The Gazetteer ‘This supplement is a reference book pri smatily for the DM, chough at his discretion ‘certain portions may be accesible to players in his campaign ‘The Gazecteer of the Emirares of Ylaruam is a complete campaign reference, detailing the history and culture of Ylaruam, a culeure similar tothe medieval desert kingdom of the [Near East. The Gazetteer offers & plethora of adventures and adventure elements for char acters of Basic, Expert, Companion, and Mas- terlevels, and gives the DM plenty of practical advice and strategies for presenting this mate fil in advencure sessions. ‘The Emirates of Ylaruam ‘The Emirates is a large nation north of Karameikos and Thyats, bordered on the east by the Sea of Dawn, the west by Dutokin, and the north by Rockhome and the Sodesfjocd Jarldoms, This confederation of six emirates is renowned for its superb mit its ere and noble warriors heritage, How to Use the Gazetteer Tn the center of the Gazeteer isthe Player Handout which is an introduction tothe his tory and culeure of Ylaruam, and to special rules and procedures needed for a Ylat cam- paign. Give cis o your players, Information presented in italics throughout the Gazeteer is for the DM only. History of the Emirates of Ylanuam The Histor The Local Version ———— As selated by Yussef al Mussa, Scribe and Register to the Shellyh of Kuznetz, in rcita- tion to the sons and daughters of the sheik, 50 they might be inscructed as the Nahmeh dices. lo the annals and legends oh my cil dren, thete are many stories of bygone men and things, of antique races, departed rulers, ‘vanished cities, and mysteries without end— ‘many stories indeed, bue this is all that 1 might cll you, so that my wisdom does nor show thin “and so that your suppers do not grow cold. "In the beginning there was the sand and the wind, and into that sand and wind came the nomad—the man of che swift steed, the white tent, and the restless herd. From whence he came, none might know but the Eremal. Some say he came from the north, from the grasland-withour-end that stretches to the top of the world. Some say he came from across the sea, exiled from distant conti- ‘nents and unimagined empires. Some say he hhas always been here, "But hete the nomad came, and he found sand and wind, but he also found the winter grazing land, and the spring rains, and che summer grottos, the watering holes ofthe fall, and his herds thrived, and he was happy. And many of the nomad setdled in the grazing land, around the oases and spring rivers, and they became the hazat—the house dweller, the cultivator, and the builder of cities. ““For many years the bold nomad and the diligent hazat viewed one another with scorn, for the hazar saw the nomad as cruel and crude, and the nomad saw the hazat as soft and cowardly. And many chiefs and emis ruled these nomad and hazar tribes, and they were each the enemy of the othe!—nomad against nomad, for they fought forthe graz- ing land, hazar against hazar, for they fought for water, and nomad against hazat, for they fought for food and for the hate of one another. And chis war lasted forever, or atleast. $0 long that only the Erernal might have wit. nessed it "Then into the south came the Thyatian, ‘And into the east came the Alphatian. They Douile great cities, and they fought for che land, and pushed aside the nomad and the hhazat whom they enslaved and stole the fruit of his labor, or bitter centuries the foreigner euled our land, and though we were proud and mighty inarms, we were not united, and the foreigner crushed our rebellions and scattered us before them, Your forefathers sought sanctuary in the deep desert, where the foreigner may not fg0, and nursed for generations « hatred of these cruel foreign lords, and a yearning for revenge. “And then came AL-Kalim, the Prophet, author of the Nahmeh, and ‘bearer of the ‘Word of the Eternal Truth. And he said, "Pu aside your hatred for one another, take up yout love for justice and honor, and none shall stand before your swords? "And the chiefs and emirs of all the tribes stood before him, and were ashamed, and they put aside their hatreds for one another. “Together they raised thie voices ina single cy and they brought our people together, tribe with tribe, nomad with bazar, brigand with merchant, farmer with warrior. They raised their swords as one, and as one they fll upon the foreignes, and where they came, none could stand before them, The land was outs ‘once again, praise the Eternal, whose will is ‘All-Powerful "But once the forcigner was vanquished, the chiefs and emiss would have had theit tribes fall upon one another again, a5 it was before, but AL-Kalim spoke to them, saying, *You have seen whar you might do together for the Dream of Justice and Honor. Such

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